While a group of us were waiting anxiously at the entrance of Prime Minister’s office at about 8.45 am today, suddenly we heard a loud chanting in the air and then we realized about 500 over people were walking from the Putrajaya mosque towards where we are standing and made one full circle around the PM office before the crowd stopped at the front gate of the PM office.

Civil society groups and other stakeholders in West Africa’s development process have unanimously called on the European Union to extend the deadline for reaching a deal on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).

While the passage of the Central American Free Trade Area (CAFTA in English, TLC in Spanish) is a distant memory in the public political debate, implementation of the treaty continues to meet organized, spirited opposition in Costa Rica. In the US, activists are standing in solidarity with continued opposition and resistance.

About 200 people opposed to a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States gathered for a rare protest outside the Malaysian prime minister’s office Wednesday.

Con gritos de ¡Bush asesino! miles de manifestantes recibieron la llegada de George Bush a Bogotá. El gobierno desplegó un gigantesco operativo policial con más de veintiún mil miembros ubicados en todo el centro histórico de la capital y a lo largo del recorrido que realizó el mandatario estadounidense

La Alianza Social Continental y el Capítulo Cubano de la misma, estamos convocando nuevamente al tradicional Encuentro Hemisférico en La Habana, Cuba

As the 8th round of Korea-U.S. FTA negotiations entered its third day, a peaceful mass rally was held on Saturday in protest of the talks. Police violence was heavy, but the protesters stood strong until the end, even when sticks came down and water cannon was fired on them. At the end of the day, ten were arrested, and as of today, five from labor and student groups are still held in jail.

A group of 20 local activists said Monday they have started a hunger strike to oppose the South Korea-US free trade talks underway here, adding about 1,000 more people will join them later this month.

Declaración de la Gran Coalición Democrática de Colombia y de la Alianza Social Continental

Los manifestantes dijeron que permanecerían en las calles hasta la salida del mandatario estadounidense del país, y anunciaron más jornadas de protesta para torpedear la aprobación del TLC en los congresos de Bogotá y Washington

Riot police used a water cannon Saturday to break up a noisy but peaceful street protest in downtown Seoul against a proposed free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.

El opositor Polo Democrático Alternativo (PDA) de Colombia acusó hoy al presidente Álvaro Uribe por traición a la patria al firmar el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) que su gobierno negoció con el de Estados Unidos.

On Feb. 26, tens of thousands of Costa Ricans took to the streets in a demonstration to block ratification of the free trade agreement and reject approval to implement legislation demanded by the United States. Costa Rica is the only country included in the Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Central America, and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) that has not yet ratified the agreement. A broad grassroots movement in the country is trying to make sure it stays that way.

En Colombia la Coalición también convocó para hoy movilizaciones en todo el país para exigir que se aclaren los nexos de políticos con los paramilitares y rechazar el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) de EEUU y Colombia

Organizaciones populares de Honduras cortaron hoy varias carreteras y efectuaron una marcha de protesta contra la minería, proyectos hidroeléctricos y el Acuerdo de Asociación entre Centroamérica y la Unión Europea (UE)

Miles de hombres y mujeres, adultos, jóvenes,
niños y ancianos, estudiantes, amas de casa, ecologistas, profesionales,
agricultores, indígenas, sindicalistas, trabajadores públicos y
privados, empresarios, homosexuales y artistas se lanzaron hoy lunes a
las calles de San José, provenientes de todos los rincones del país para
lanzar un rotundo "NO" al Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados
Unidos de América y su agenda de implementación.

Diversos sectores de la sociedad civil salvadoreña marcharán este jueves por las principales calles del país centroamericano para manifestar su rechazó al Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con EEUU